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剧情简介

Umberto Lenzi is u$ndoubtedly the ki_n_g of Italian-
* c\-@rim(e mov,!.#ies, but ^_unfortunately; Syn:^dicate Sadists is not ^#the best! exa#mple_s`?* \,of his w()?ork !*in t%his genre!/._ Lenz^$i's crime flicks t;];e`_;nd to b?;e a c_ut a\bove the r?.est because he */ makes]@ films based on st!+orie
(s #w\\i^?:th a po#^int-*^, and they don't l*--a%ck directio[ \n; but this*[ film feels a  bit t.o./:
o wa:/ywa) ?rd t, o fu lly[_]? f-it wi] th the rest -o(f*[ his  stuff. The film \takes obvious in((fluence fro=m #,Sergio Leo\^ne's) landmark (,we#]#ster =]=n 'A )Fistful o#f Dollars'@ (w/_hich[ in turn, to
,.ok inf.@\ luence-) from Akira Kurosawa';@s la@+ndmark s(?amurai flick Yo\;ji[_mbo), in that it )_
fea_?
tur=/=e%@s t//wo
,-- wa*)rring* famil.@i$]=es and
! a \(:.s!tro@$ng ch^$/aracter at;:)= th%\@e #`*?ce/:/ nt#?%?re. Th ^^e crime that Lenzi`,` [focuses on is kidnapping, and we centre on a chara^cter `,cal/
led 'Rambo/'. R`?(ambo is =dragg! \ed into the war- between t]he two f.%\ amilies -?_aft ;%er
+*( /^his brother? i;s  kille
d because of it. Rambo uses h-!is brains and brawn^ to pit 
t_he%%+ two f_amilies a(@-g ? ainst one another, in ,t`,he $+)\hope ?of gain+i\ng @?rev-enge _for his br# other's,`/ @^/death!), rescuing a+ young boy that they've kidna;pped, and ul![\timate@(ly lettin)g)! the two si(?[des destroy one another.　　The fi=(:
lm's `biggest a!sset \is un$?dou-]($btedl;(y $Tomas Milian. Milian was put to. g()rea(_ :t ,^:use
]* by Lenzi in almost a$+ ll o f his crime thrillers. The rang;:e^,; of char* =acters he h=^a)s p`,lay;-%ed f^([or] _ #_L`enzi is -)_immense, and this one is (easi-ly one of the c%oole!st. The character is call/e:d Ramb*o,
! whic-h ^immediately s:% prang to mi!=nd th_e p? opul[( ar Sylv,este$r Stall?;@one c`:haracter - but for onc-\e, ;the# Ital?;++ians actuall)y haven't/@ sto +-len this name^ )@as Sy%ndi.cate
 Sa/#!dists  was rel:ea+-sed first!.$/: ==As usual, t:=-^h!%e film is wickedly#, enter;tainin(g ^, as ;?we get to watch Mi+lian ge/
^t= himsel;*f invo-;=-lv:ed in t`he;.# usua\!
l ]?\array  [of car chases, .shootouts and b`rawls. Lenzi has got him r (iding a motorbik$e this t!@ *ime r@ound, an,d ev$ery scene featuri/ @%n+ =g it an)@d! Milian is a r:]]eal stand\%ou$,t! How:ever, t he? film oft,en fee`ls like it doe +-sn't _=really @;hav:%e anywh?*ere to g@o, a(#nd this means;)$ that the
 running time is str@:etche/^d ou(t m^+ore$ than it shou`/+ld $be. () Compa
.*red to th!?e+-[ c#(rime films of
 o:\th+e_\r + Itali^[an d;$]irecto]rs,]+, S_/y`^
ndicate).* Sadists is mo
re than ab@=ov \_.e av^(erage; but i+;\n relation to  Lenz!i crime \]flicks such as Al\$most Human .an_d The )C,ynic, T-$he Rat a;nd The Fist - it do)esn' $t stan d tall as one.( %-of Lenzi's / best.+ Still, if you'r!!,*e looking for ninety m inu+;tes of t;est@[os\+tero,%ne = =. fuelled mayhem -; Syndicate $@)Sadists will suffic+e!